Question

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Can you remember the first piece of music you bought? If you’re in your 20s, it was 1. (probable) a CD. More than ten years ago, you 2. (go) into a music shop and bought it. Then a part of the money went to the band or the singer—that’s 3. musicians made their money.

Nowadays, however, young people in the UK hardly ever go to the music shops. In fact, there aren’t many music shops left there. Now lots of young people would laugh at the idea of 4. (buy) CDs from music shops. They get music from the Internet without paying. Of course it is 5. the law. However, 6. recent survey found that each teenager has about 800 songs on their phone that are from the Internet without paying.

In this case, some young British bands are trying some interesting ways 7. (make) money. In the past bands could make some money from T-shirts, CDs and pictures 8. they need to be more creative now. Rock band Franz Ferdinand keep people 9. (interest) in their toys, bags, books and even shorts with their own brands.

Some of other big names in British music are joining in. Coldplay produces water 10. (bottle) for their new song. If you want snacks, you can check Robbie Williams’s website—it really sells biscuits.

Answer

1.probably

2.went

3.how

4.buying

5.against

6.A

7.to make

8.but

9.interested

10.bottles

【解析】

本文讲述了音乐家赚钱的方式。如今英国的年轻人很少去音乐商店，现在许多年轻人会嘲笑从音乐商店购买CD的想法。一些年轻的英国乐队正在尝试一些有趣的赚钱方式。弗朗茨·斐迪南摇滚乐队用他们自己的品牌让人们对他们的玩具、包包、书籍甚至短裤感兴趣。英国音乐界的其他一些大腕也加入了这一行列。

1.句意：如果你20多岁，它可能是一张CD。

根据“it was a CD”句子结构完整，所以此处缺副词，结合所给单词probable，以le结尾，去e加y,故答案为probably。

2.句意：十多年前，你走进一家音乐商店，买了它。

根据“and bought it”可知，此处也是一般过去时，go的过去式是went，故答案为went。

3.句意：这就是音乐家赚钱的方式。

根据“Then a part of the money went to the band or the singer”然后一部分钱给了乐队或歌手，所以此处是方式，故答案为how。

4.句意：现在许多年轻人会嘲笑从音乐商店购买CD的想法。

根据“the idea of ”可知此处缺-ing，介词+doing，结合所给单词，故答案为buying。

5.句意：当然这是违法的。

根据“They get music from the Internet without paying”他们从网上免费下载音乐，结合常识，可知这是违法的，故答案为against。

6.句意：最近的一项调查发现，每个青少年的手机上都有大约800首来自互联网的免费歌曲。

根据“recent survey ”是辅音音素开头的单数可数名词，所以此处用“a”，放句首，需大写。故答案为A。

7.句意：一些年轻的英国乐队正在尝试一些有趣的赚钱方式。

尝试有趣的方式的目的是为了赚钱，所以此处缺动词不定式作目的状语，结合所给单词，故答案为to make。

8.句意：但现在他们需要更有创造力。

分析句子“bands could make some money from T-shirts, CDs and pictures ___8___ they need to be more creative now.”可知此处缺连词，结合句意，这两句话之间是转折关系，表示现在和过去的赚钱方式不一样了。故答案为but。

9.句意：弗朗茨·斐迪南摇滚乐队用他们自己的品牌让人们对他们的玩具、包包、书籍甚至短裤感兴趣。

根据keep 后接形容词作宾语补足语，结合修饰“people”，所以此处用-ed，结合所给单词，故答案为interested。

10.句意：酷玩乐队为他们的新歌制作水瓶。

根据water bottle表示“水瓶”，结合“bottle”是可数名词，所以此处用复数，故答案为bottles。